One of Hans Gatt's dogs is ready to go as Gatt made a brief stop at the Yukon River village of Kaltag, Ak., during the 2014 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Saturday, March 8, 2014. (Bob Hallinen/Anchorage Daily News/MCT)

One of Hans Gatt's dogs is ready to go as Gatt made a brief stop at the Yukon River village of Kaltag, Ak., during the 2014 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Saturday, March 8, 2014. (Bob Hallinen/Anchorage Daily News/MCT) (Bob Hallinen / MCT)